#162959#162959

#162959 is a dark, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.025; OKLCH L 29.5% C 0.090 H 265.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#162959
RGB	rgb(22, 41, 89)
HSL	hsl(223, 60%, 22%)
HSV	hsv(223, 75%, 35%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.3%, 53.9%, 0%, 65.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(17.82, 10.95, -31.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(17.82, 33.11, 289.32°)
OKLab	oklab(29.54% -0.0077 -0.0897)
OKLCH	oklch(29.54% 0.09 265.1)
XYZ	xyz(2.9264, 2.4774, 9.7732)
Luminance	0.0248 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#162959 #594616

analogous

#164B59 #162959 #251659

triadic

#162959 #591629 #295916

tetradic

#162959 #59164B #594616 #165925

square

#162959 #59164B #594616 #165925

split-complementary

#162959 #592516 #4B5916

monochromatic

#060B19 #0A1228 #162959 #22408A #2E56BB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.04

#162959 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.50

#162959 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #162959

14.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##162959	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##162959	1.00	14.04	1.50	14.04
#FFFFFF	14.04	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.50	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.04	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0D2F5B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#002958

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00343C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2C2C2C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #162959;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 41, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(29.5% 0.090 265.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#5d6288',
    500: '#162959',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #162959;
$custom-light: #5d6288;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#162959",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 41,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 222.985,
    "s": 60.36,
    "l": 21.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.29538,
    "c": 0.09002,
    "h": 265.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.02478
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#162959

secondary

#90783B

accent

#B644E4

background

#F5F5F8

surface

#E9EAF0

border

#C5C6CB

text

#05050B

muted

#79797C

Preview Lab

Preview with #162959

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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